Searching for lab resources

You can search for lab resources such as physical machines and virtual images using predefined search criteria.
The Lab Management icon menu provides three ways to search for lab resources:
  • Click All Lab Resources. A list of all lab resources opens. You can click any lab resource to see detailed information about it.
  • Click Find Lab Resource, and type dates of availability to display all lab resources that are available for those dates. You can click any lab resource to see detailed information about it.
  • Click Advanced Search to perform a detailed search on specific lab resource data.

In Advanced Search, you can use text strings and operators to search for lab resources. For example, if you are searching for a lab resource with greater than or equal to 1024 MB of memory, type >=1024 in Memory Size. This search would find all lab resources with memory of 1024 MB and greater. You can also use a range of operators for your search. For example, to search for a lab resource with memory greater than or equal to 2000 MB, but less than or equal to 3000 MB, type >=2000 <=3000 in Memory Size.

Here are the operators that are supported:

< (less than)

> (greater than)

<= (less than or equal to)

>= (greater than or equal to)

To search for lab resources using the Advanced Search editor:
  1. In the left sidebar, point to the Lab Management icon (Lab Management), and click Advanced Search. The Advanced Search editor opens.
  2. In Lab Resource Type, select the type of lab resource to search for.
  3. To use criteria from a saved lab resource configuration for the search, in Search, click the Select Lab Resource Description icon ( Select lab resource description). A list of predefined configurations is displayed. After you select a configuration, click Search to obtain your search results.
  4. Use the lists of criteria to define your search.
    1. In Type, enter the type of lab resource to search for. Provide information in as many fields as you can.
    2. To add other fields to use as search criteria, Click the Add Criteria icon (Add attribute). The Select Attribute window opens, showing fields of information that you can include in the lab resource definition. To select items one at a time, click the item, and then click Add. Repeat until you have entered all the fields you need, and then click Add and Close. To select multiple items and add them all at the same time, press and hold the Control key, and select the items, and then click Add and Close.
  5. To search for lab resources by dates of availability, enter dates in Availability, From, and To.
  6. Click Search at the top of the page. The search results display at the bottom of the editor with the lab resource name, lab resource group, operating system, processor type, and the reserved status.
From the search results, you can display individual lab resource details by clicking a lab resource name. You can also select a machine from your search results to reserve it.
Related reference
Lab management reference

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